(Closed) Ring issues. Has anyone heard of this before?

I’m sure most of you have more experience than I do in this so I need some advice.

I found the ring I love, its at Reeds. The BF has the paperwork on it n everything including number etc. etc. He called the other day to talk to the lady about getting a 1ct blue diamond to fit in the setting. The lady on the phone said “oh no that can’t be done. It only fits a 1/2 ct. only.”

I’m devistated, cause while I love the setting I wanted something a little bigger, and it doesnt even have to be a 1ct.

So we went ring shopping yesterday and I found one I love, but the bloody thing is like, 5,000 and is WAY over the budget.

I was under the assumption that people could make rings bigger or tinker with them. Is this not the case? Is there no way to make the head of the ring fit a bigger stone? Suggestions?

what is your mounting like? My friends upgraded from a .50 to a very DEEP .78 to get bigger sparkle even though the mm size was not as big as a .78, but the setter had to change from bezel to double prong and he did a masterful job. but they are not able to craft things from scratch the way we’d hope. metal work is different than clay…can’t just slap on more and add.

@VictorianChick: do you have a picture of the setting? We went through a lot of customization ideas before we decided to leave our like it was. Apparently it do impossible to change the rings as is, but I would think that they make a 1ct setting in the same half carat setting thy have at the store.

No, you can’t just tinker with them. Sometimes you have a bit if wiggle room, like max .5mm. But a ring, if it is cast, and this one is, is made from a mold. Their mold is for a 5mm stone. To make this ring fot a 1ct stone it would need to be able to hold 6.5mm. And it sounds like they are either not willing or able to make a new mold to do that. Likely because of the design fees associated with it fo just one customer. However, I am sure you could have this custom designed elsewhere, amde to fit your stone. And I bet it would not have to be more expensive. Chains stores tend to overcharge imo.

I’m not sure what Reeds is but if it’s a chain like Jared or Zales, then yes that is common.

I looked at a Neil Lane ring at Jared which fit a .5-.75 center stone. I asked if it could be made to fit a 1.75-2 carat stone and the answer was no, it can only fit a .5-.75.

Higher end jewelers/brands custom make their settings to fit to whatever stone you choose. I went with a Martin Flyer setting. The one I tried on in the store fit a 1 carat stone, when we purchased the ring, the diamond was sent out to Martin Flyer and the setting was custom designed to fit my stone specs.

I think chain retailers tend to just have tons of settings premade sitting around and can put whatever diamond you choose in, as long as it is the appx carat size the setting is made for, rather than making the setting on demand.

The halo ring that FI and I loved most was made to fit a 1 carat stone, but the diamond we had is a 1.44. He had to special order a larger version of the same setting through our jeweler. We ran into this a lot when we were ring shopping actually. Most of the halos were meant for 1 carats or less.

I think Reeds is a chain store but not very popular like Kays. So it might be like a lot of what you guys said, its that size or nothing.

We went to another jeweler today and they said to give them the information and they could build a ring because they are “basically all the same.” I thought hmmm. Interesting. Not sure how much that will be.